The Ionia girls basketball team capped off a solid season Sunday night with its annual awards banquet at the high school.

The coaches, players and parents reflected on the previous season in which the Lady Dawgs earned their first winning record (15-8) in four years and won the program's first district title since 2004.

"It was a really nice year," Ionia coach Andy Barr said. "We had a good tournament run, but we also had a really good regular season against a tough schedule.

"It was exciting for the girls to beat No. 9 Portland and Lakewood in the district, then the No. 5 team (Hamilton) in the regional semifinals. It was also great to see the school and community support we received during our tournament run."

The evening ended with the announcement of the league and team awards.

Ionia also had four players earn All-CAAC Red honors for their play on the court.

Juniors Swartz and Taylor Bovee were named all-league first team while Ketchum and Riccius received honorable mention.

The last awards to be handed out were the team awards.

Bovee and Swartz both received Most Valuable Player awards, splitting the team vote, while Riccius was named Most Improved Player of the Year.

Swartz also earned the team's Defensive Player of the Year Award and Bovee was this year's recipient of the 100 Percent Award.

Because of her achievements in both athletics and academics, Ketchum was the winner of the 2013 Kaye Breining Award.

With all but three players returning next year (Ketchum, Kendra Nickell and Megan Nickell) and a district title, Barr said there is a great deal of enthusiasm for next season, but the schedule will be just as tough as it was this year.

"Obviously winning a district brings a lot of excitement into the program for next year," he said " I think we can be competitive, but we play a very tough schedule with teams like DeWitt and Haslett, who will be bringing a lot of their players back."